Universidad Empresarial de Costa Rica, also known as UNEM or Business University of Costa Rica, is a private university in the city of San José, Costa Rica. It is approved by the Consejo Nacional de Enseñanza Superior Universitaria Privada, the national council of higher education of Costa Rica,[1] to award undergraduate degrees in accounting and business administration, and master's degrees in business administration.[2]
| Motto | Opportunitas (Latin) |
|---|---|
Motto in English | Opportunity |
| Established | 1997 |
| Chancellor | William Zamora Gonzalez |
| Location | , |
The degree programs offered by UNEM are not among those accredited by the Sistema Nacional de Acreditación de la Educación Superior (SINAES), the national accreditation agency of Costa Rica.[3] SINAES offers a voluntary accreditation process to Costa Rican Universities and accredits degree programs rather than universities.[4] Nineteen of the fifty-eight Costa Rican universities are accredited by SINAES.[5]
UNEM is authorized by the Asesoria Legal del Ministerio de Educación No. ATJ-167-CONESUP to operate internationally, to offer international programs, and to grant bachelor's, master's and doctorate degrees with agreements with foreign universities [6]
In 2013 the university was described by The Costa Rica Star as "infamous" for its involvement in several diploma mill allegations, in cases where students paid to receive degrees without following a course of study.[7] The university has awarded PhD degrees to people in Germany and the United States.[7] A 2008 investigation by Der Spiegel failed to find any legitimate campus or professors associated with UNEM.[8]
History
editUNEM was founded in 1992 as an international graduate school, and acquired its present name and status in 1997.[9]
The university reported no graduates in 2007, and enrolled no students in 2010; it may be inactive.[10]
Hun Sen, the Cambodian prime minister, was made an "Honorary Professor of Diplomatic and International Relations" in July 2008.[11]
Also in 2008, Yahya Jammeh, president of The Gambia, was awarded an Universidad Empresarial honorary professorship in traditional medicine by the International Parliament for Safety and Peace, a private Italian organisation.[12]
Rankings
editUniversidad Empresarial de Costa Rica was not among the five hundred top universities world-wide in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings for 2014–15,[13] nor among the top five hundred in the Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities for 2014.[14] It was not among the eight hundred universities in the QS World University Rankings for 2014,[15] nor is it among the thirteen Costa Rican universities listed by Quacquarelli Symonds.[16]
In the 2012 Classbase rating of web presence, it was not among the top one hundred universities in Latin America;[17][unreliable source?] it was rated eleventh of the thirteen universities listed for Costa Rica.[18][unreliable source?]
References
edit- ^ Lista de Universidades Privadas aprobadas por el CONESUP Archived 2015-08-11 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish). Ministerio de Educación Pública: Consejo Nacional de Enseñanza Superior Universitaria Privada (national council of higher education). Accessed October 2014.
- ^ Nombre Universidad: 38 - Empresarial de Costa Rica (in Spanish). Ministerio de Educación Pública: Consejo Nacional de Enseñanza Superior Universitaria Privada (national council of higher education). Accessed October 2014.
- ^ Instituciones miembros del SINAES Archived 2014-12-16 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish). Sistema Nacional de Acreditación de la Educación Superior. Accessed December 2014.
- ^ Accreditation in Latin America and the Caribbean: Costa Rica. Accessed July 2016.
- ^ List of universities accredited by SINAES. Accessed July 2016.
- ^ Ministry of Education of Costa Rica concerning the regulation of private universities. Accessed Feb 2018.
- ^ a b Jaime Lopez (12 August 2013). Quality of Education and Cost of Tuition Increase in Costa Rica: Sham Universities. The Costa Rica Star. Accessed December 2014.
- ^ Oppong, Marvin (2008). "Umstrittene Titel: Professoren und Doktoren made in Costa Rica" [Controversial Degree: Professors and Doctors Made in Costa Rica]. Der Spiegel (in German).
- ^ Business University of Costa Rica. International Association of Universities: Worldwide Database of Higher Education Institutions, Systems and Credentials. Accessed October 2014.
- ^ Silvia P. Castro (2010). Costa Rican higher education, its universities and students Archived 2015-07-04 at the Wayback Machine. Doctoral dissertation, University of Pennsylvania. Accessed December 2014.
- ^ Biography of Hun Sen
- ^ Office of the Gambian President (19 November 2008). Officials of International Parliament for Safety and Peace Present Three International Awards to President Jammeh. State House, Republic of the Gambia. Accessed February 2015.
- ^ World University Rankings 2014-2015. Times Higher Education World University Rankings. Accessed February 2015.
- ^ Academic Ranking of World Universities 2014. Shanghai Ranking Consultancy. Accessed February 2015.
- ^ QS World University Rankings 2014/15. QS Quacquarelli Symonds. Accessed February 2015.
- ^ All Results. QS Quacquarelli Symonds. Accessed February 2015.
- ^ Top 100 Universities in Latin America. Foreign Credits Inc. Accessed February 2015.
- ^ Universities in Costa Rica. Foreign Credits Inc. Accessed February 2015.